The collection contains materials related to Thekla Stein Nordwind as well as prominent family members, such as Rudolf Callman (former board member of the LBI), Gustav Kirstein (publisher and art collector), Edith Jacobson (psychoanalyst and friend of Anna Freud's), and Reinhold Baer (mathematician)
Musical scores; eulogy for Gustav Kirstein (by Richard Schmidt, 1934). Addenda: Letter by Goethe; correspondence between Thekla Stein Nordwind and the Jewish community of Leipzig regarding Nordwind's ancestors (1997). Addenda 2: Documents, personal papers, memorabilia related to family members including Rudolf Callmann, Gustav Kirstein, Edith Jacobsohn, Reinhold Baer, Paul Baender and others. Addenda 3: 6 photo albums of Ernst Stein's (early 1920's to 1935, travels in Europe, emigration to the US in 1924, travels in the US); letters from Samuel Stein in Leipzig to his son Ernst in New York (1930-1935). Addenda 4: Genealogical reports, police reports and family trees for the Heimann and Plaut families
Thekla Stein Nordwind was born in the US. Her father was Ernst Max Wolfgang Stein; her uncle was Gustav Kirstein, a publisher and art collector